Senior Data & AI Platform Architect

Lancaster Bible College; Roseville (PA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancaster Bible College is seeking a Senior Data and AI Platform Engineer to design, develop, and maintain the College's enterprise data and AI platform. You will integrate institutional systems, build governed data pipelines and APIs, and implement MCP services to enable secure AI-enabled workflows.

Initial focus on analytics with expansion into operational and academic domains, while upholding data governance, security, and privacy standards across the institution.

Qualifications

• Experience integrating APIs, databases, and enterprise systems.
• Strong Python development skills and proficiency with SQL, relational data, and analytical query logic.
• Git and modern software development practices.
• Familiarity with cloud data platforms, analytical databases, data pipelines, and ELT or ETL practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, maintain, and document the College’s enterprise data and AI platform, including its architecture, development standards, deployment processes, and operational procedures.
• Develop and support integrations among enterprise applications, databases, APIs, cloud services, analytical platforms, and AI tools.
• Build and maintain Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and other structured interfaces for safe access to institutional data and systems.
• Establish and maintain the institutional data warehouse and related technologies for governed analytics access.
• Develop automated testing, reconciliation, logging, and monitoring processes for data quality and platform health.
• Coordinate on architecture, security, credentials, networking, hosting, deployment, incident response, and changes to source systems.

Skills

Python development

SQL & relational data

APIs integration

Git version control

AI tooling familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, AI, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related field

Tools

Visual Studio Code with AI extensions

Job description

Lancaster Bible College is seeking a Senior Data and AI Platform Engineer to design, develop, and maintain the College's enterprise data and AI platform. You will integrate institutional systems, build governed data pipelines and APIs, and implement MCP services to enable secure AI-enabled workflows.

Initial focus on analytics with expansion into operational and academic domains, while upholding data governance, security, and privacy standards across the institution.